This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Monitor Radio Early Edition, The Linda Belans Show, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 3/31 - 4/6/1997 March 31, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Paying for College 1997 Edition" by Kalman Chany and Geoff Martz, published by Random House. March 31, 1997: All Things Considered -- Robert Siegel spoke with the author: "The Cocktail: The Influence of Spirits on the American Psyche" by Joseph Lanza, published by Picador USA. March 31, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "The Mistress of Spices" by Chitra Banarjee Divakruni, published by Anchor Books. April 1, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "The Bible for Children: From the Age of Gutenberg to the Present" by Ruth Bottingheimer, published by Yale University Press. "Trading with the Enemy" (1992) by Tom Miller, published by Basic Books. April 2, 1997: Morning Edition -- Commentator Tom Sheibley talked about the book: "Payback" by Thomas Kelly, published by Knopf. April 2, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Spirits of the Ordinary" by Kathleen Alcala, published by Chronicle Books. April 3, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "When Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family" by Gary Pomerantz, published by Penguin. "Waking from the Dream: My Life in the Black Middle Class" (1996) by Sam Fulwood, published by Anchor Books. "Data Smog" by David Shenk, published by HarperCollins. April 3, 1997: All Things Considered -- Robert Siegel spoke with the writer: "After the Madness: A Judge's Own Prison Memoir" by Sol Wachtler, published by Random House. April 5, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Scott Simon and Jane Carter (Classics, Tulane University) talked about the renewed popularity in the book after it appeared in 'The English Patient': "The Histories" by Herodotus. April 5, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Tom Vitale reported on the life of poet Allen Ginsburg following his death on Saturday. April 5, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author: "Deepening Segregation in American Public Schools" by Gary Orfield, published by Harvard Project on School Desegregation. April 5, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling spoke to the author: "Mistress of Spices" by Chitra Divakaruni, published by Anchor Books. April 6, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen talked to the writer: "Leaving Pipeshop -- Memories of Kin" by Deborah McDowell, published by Scribners. April 6, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen spoke with the scholar: "Peace and Its Discontents" (1995) by Edward Said, published by Vintage: The future of Middle East peace. April 6, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling talked with the co-author: "Bogart" by A.M. Sperber and Eric Lax, published by William Morrow. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): April 2, 1997: "Dixie Rising: How the South Is Shaping American Values, Politics, and Culture" (1996) by Peter Applebome, published by Times Books. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: March 31, 1997: "Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism" (1993) by Michael Ignatieff, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. "The Figured Wheel" (1996) by Robert Pinsky, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. April 1, 1997: "What Will Be: How the New World Information Will Change Our Lives" by Michael Dertouzos, published by HarperEdge. April 2, 1997: "The Haygoods of Columbus" by Wil Haygood, published by Houghton Mifflin: He also wrote "King of the Cats: The life and times of Adam Clayton Powell Jr" (1993, Houghton Mifflin) and "Two on the River" (1986, Atlantic Monthly Press). "Asian Noodles: Deliciously Simple Dishes to Twirl, Slurp and Savor" by Nina Simonds, published by Hearst Books. April 3, 1997: "Nickel Dreams: My Life" by Tanya Tucker, published by Hyperion. "The Dogs of Winter" by Kem Nunn, published by Scribner. April 4, 1997: "It Might As Well Be Spring" (1987) by Margaret Whiting, published by William Morrow. "Permanent Midnight" (1995) by Jerry Stahl, published by Warner Bros. Books mentioned by WUNC Children's Book Commentator Susie Wilde, March 31, 1997: "Hush Little Baby" by Sylvia Long, published by Chronicle Books. "Miss Spider's Tea Party: The Counting Book" by David Kirk, published by Scholastic. Books mentioned on Soundings April 6, 1997: "Dixie Rising: How the South Is Shaping American Values, Politics, and Culture" (1996) by Peter Applebome, published by Times Books. Book review listings are available on the internet (http://sunsite.unc.edu/wunc) or via anonymous ftp (sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/literature/book-reviews). This text is Copyright (c) 1997 by WUNC Radio (WUNCRADIO@UNC.EDU) and Erika Grams (compiler). All Rights Reserved. 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